Brotherly Love?

The other day Connor was taking a nap, and we looked over to see Carson bending over him. At first Carson was trying to stick Connor's binkie in his mouth. Then he was touching his face and head. We are not quite sure if he was being loving or just a pest. But he genuinely seemed to love his brother. Connor was so tired he never even moved. It was very cute to watch. I'm so glad that they get along so well.

Ouch!!

Wednesday, May 13th, just 2 days after the engine in the Suburban died and left me stranded for 2 hours as I waited for the tow truck, I ended up in the ER with Caden. We had just returned home from having dinner at Chipotle's and had sent the kids to get ready for bed. Caden was in a goofy mood and wouldn't settle down. He fell and hit the corner of the wall cutting his ear open. So we had family prayer and then he and I headed for the hospital at 8:30 pm. I can't say I was thrilled about the unexpected trip. On the up side I had two hours of one-on-one with Caden. He ended up not needing stitches. They used steri strips to close the wound and then used Dermabond glued to hold it in place as it healed. A week and a half later the glue and steri strips are gone and it is healing quite nicely. While we were at the hospital we noticed just how hard he hit the wall. In this last picture, check out the bruise that goes from behind the ear all the way down his neck! It's a good he is so resilient. :)

Hats off to Spring!!

One of Morgan's spring break projects for school was to decorate this paper hat that she would wear in the Kindergarten spring hat parade. I thought she did a great job! It is now hanging on the wall in her room so she can enjoy it for awhile. Speaking of enjoying the hat, Morgan wasn't the only one. Here's a picture of Connor enjoying the beautiful hat!

On the Town

Another day trip we took during spring break was to L.A. We rode the train from Rancho Cucamonga into L.A. Then we rode the trains and walked from one place to another. We saw China town, Olvera street, the Bradbury Building, rode the elevators at the Bonaventure Hotel, walked through a street tunnel, and through the one of the oldest markets in L.A. We walked a lot and saw a lot of interesting things. We had a really good time and everyone was really tuckered out when we were done. Sierra's friend Emily came with us. When we were all done we stopped for ice cream on the way home. It was a great and memorable day. Here is a picture of the kids in the Bonaventure elevator. We went up to floor 27. It gave us quite a view of the city.

Monkeys at the Zoo

During spring break we took the kids to the zoo. It was such a great day! The weather was perfect and everyone was in a good mood. Here the kids are walking through a cave behind the waterfall. They thought that was great! The most memorable things we saw were the Gibbons monkeys which were very active and quite the little show-offs and the jaguar which looked quite menacing as it paced the cage.